I think that rising health care costs along with the collapse in the pension system will likely lead to Dying With Dignity as new way of expressing solidarity with
a. the war on terrorism b. the war on budget impbalance c. the war on .............. d. it will be the American thing to do. Exit and leave some budgets for others. arthur -----Original Message----- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:06 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Waiting for replacement organs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > For my part, I am reasonably convinced that the next status good that will > come in at a very high price initially and then successively work its way > down through all the socio-economic strata will be replacement body organs, > grown from one's own stem cells so that they can't be rejected. [snip] I hope you are right about this one. Because I fear a somewhat different future: "How DARE you not donate a kidney to your dying mother (or some derelict you never heard of, or Leona Helmsley or whoever...)? We've never seen a selfish son of a bitch in all our lives! We are going to ostracize you. So see how good you feel having two kidneys, you ingrate after all we' ve done for you! God danm you!...." *That* is more my vision of the future. (Oh yes, and the solution to pollution will be everyone on IV chemo 24/7 so they will be able to live long and poductive lives even with lifelong pollution-induced cancers. One might call this the neo-"status quo"....) There is a heppy land, fur, fur away. (--Krazy Kat) \brad mccormick -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
